Capital markets news | Wed 25 Feb 2026
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Equity
- Short selling in Ecomate halted for the day after sharp share price drop Edge Star
- Bursa to provide more detailed data on investor trading activity Edge NST Star
- Govt to review GLC dividend guidelines after profitable firms skipped payouts Edge
- India aims to raise USD20b from IPOs of state-run firms by 2030 Edge NST
- HK-based stablecoin payments firm RedotPay said to consider USD1b US IPO Edge
- Medtronic’s diabetes unit MiniMed eyes USD7.9b valuation in US IPO Yahoo
- IQM Quantum Computers to list shares in US at initial USD1.8b valuation Yahoo
- SpaceX’s mega IPO redraws 2026 road map for listing hopefuls Edge
- BSTR moving forward with public listing plans, hopes for Apr approval Coindesk
- Stripe valued at USD159b in tender offer Yahoo
- Hedge funds creep back into tech stocks after weeks of selling Edge
- Kraken rolls out crypto-style, 24/7 perpetuals trading for tokenised stocks Coindesk
- Binance brings back tokenised stocks trading with Ondo Finance deal Coindesk
Debt
- Export-Import Bank of Malaysia’s AAA rating affirmed RAM
- Affin, MBSB Bank commit RM3.8b facility for U Mobile acquisition Edge NST Star
- Nippon Steel to raise USD3.6b in Japan’s biggest convertible bond offer ever Edge
- Wealthy UAE to exit JPMorgan’s emerging-market bond indices Edge
- Dimon sees pre-crisis parallels as rivals do ‘dumb things’ Edge
Digital assets
- Binance fights back against allegations of moving Iran-linked money Coindesk
- Bitcoin heads for worst month since crypto collapse of Jun 2022 Edge
- Bitcoin’s US demand signal turns negative for a record 40 days Coindesk
- Bitcoin may reverse course and rally to USD75k Cointelegraph
- Bitcoin scarcity is dead Cointelegraph
- Stablecoins reinvent the intermediary and build bottlenecks Cointelegraph
- In code we trust? The hidden politics of blockchain governance Edge
- AI Is ‘unstoppable freight train’ for crypto Coindesk
- Crypto isn’t losing to AI, it’s just capitalism doing its job Coindesk
- Crypto wallets for AI agents are creating a new legal frontier Coindesk
- Revolut ex-employee threatened to leak KYC data for crypto ransom Cointelegraph
- Millions in crypto funded tools to exploit US software Coindesk
M&A
- Full federal takeover of Malaysia’s water supply system considered sensitive Edge
- Chevron edges rivals in bid to take over Lukoil’s Iraqi oilfield Edge
- Kuwait’s KPC draws BlackRock, Brookfield, EIG to USD7b pipeline deal Edge
- PayPal attracts takeover interest after stock slump Edge
- Payments giant Stripe reportedly mulling PayPal acquisition Coindesk
- Warner Bros weighing revised bid from Paramount as bidding war escalates Edge
- Beacon Pointe Advisors adds USD1.2b Massachusetts advisory firm Yahoo
- NOG finalises USD464.5m acquisition of Utica Shale assets Yahoo
- Singapore’s Canaan acquired 49% of West Texas mining projects from Cipher Yahoo
- Citi signs deal to sell 24% equity stake in Banamex Edge
- Panama to occupy canal ports after court scraps CK Hutchison deal Edge Mail Star
- Parex proposes USD500m acquisition of Frontera’s Colombian assets Yahoo
Malaysia
- SC finalising scope, licensing requirements for cash trust schemes Edge
- EPF expected to announce 2025 dividend on Sat NST
- International reserves climb to USD127.9b as of mid-Feb Edge NST Star
- Finance Ministry to dissolve dormant companies once obligations are met Edge Star
- DAP to push for royal inquiry into alleged ‘corporate mafia’ scheme Edge
- IRB issues nearly 200k CP500 notices for RM1.1b in taxes Edge
- Non-AI data centre investments curbed over water, energy concerns Edge
- Effective US tariff could ease below 15% amid policy reset Edge
- Leong Hup seeks judicial review, stay on MyCC’s RM157.5m price-fixing fine Edge
Other markets
- Singapore plans legislation on data centres and major cloud providers Edge
- US tariff moves spark renewed anxiety in Singapore Star
- Indonesian wealth fund co-CIO resigns as leadership gap widens Edge
- Baht breaks below 31 per dollar as capital inflows gather pace Star
- Citi sees South Asia, Asean leading new trade realignment Star
- China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for ninth straight month Edge Star
- Yen declines further after report on Takaichi’s rate hike view Edge
- Fed’s Goolsbee on inflation risk, tariffs and Powell Yahoo
- Chicago Fed’s Goolsbee throws cold water on rate cuts Yahoo
- Fed unveils plan on eliminating reputation risk in bank exams Edge Coindesk
- JPMorgan predicts trading unit will set record this quarter Edge NST
- How billionaires avoid paying income taxes Yahoo
- FedEx sues US for refund on Trump’s emergency tariffs Edge Mail NST
- Trump’s 10% levy takes effect as US rebuilds tariff wall Edge NST
- Trump eyes new trade probes to revive tariffs after court defeat Edge
- Pentagon threatens to make Anthropic a pariah if it refuses to drop guardrails Yahoo
- UK confident its trade deal with US still stands despite latest Trump tariff move Edge
- EU warns that Trump’s new tariff policy breaks trade agreement Edge
- EU trade chief presses for Mar approval of US deal Edge